Chapter 21 Esoteric Heavenly Water Hidden in the Dark
When the king saw that all the teachers were finished, he wept vigorously.
The walker stepped forward and shouted, "Why are you so confused! One is a tiger, the other is a deer, and the sheep is an antelope." He was originally a mountain beast that became a refinement, and he came here to harm you with one heart, because he saw that the number of qi was still strong, and he didn't dare to start. If in two years, your qi decays, he will kill you and take all your country to him. ”
Lao Wu is still admonishing the king through the mouth of the monkey. Although there are too many exaggerations in the back, this is a novel, which is understandable. Who made this great fairy reflect Wang San's traitorous son, or the first-class scum of Taoist monks.
When the king heard this, he realized. The civil and military officials said, "The deceased is indeed a white deer and a yellow tiger, and the fruit in the oil pot is a sheep bone." The words of the holy monks must not be ignored. "This is Lao Wu saying that the Jiajing Dynasty still has reasonable ministers, and he hopes that the emperor in the future will wake up.
The walker said to the monarchs, ministers, monks and laymen the next day, "These monks were really released by Lao Sun, and the vehicle was run by Lao Sun through the pun and smashed into pieces, and those two demon paths were also killed by Lao Sun." Today, after destroying the demons, we know that there is a way in Zen, and we must not believe in it in the future. I hope you will unify the three religions, respect the monks, respect the Tao, and cultivate talents, and I will ensure that you will be forever. The king obeyed his words and sent Tang Seng out of the city.
The monkey now has made great progress in spiritual practice, and knows that the conflict of interests between the three schools of monks, Taoism and Confucianism is a big problem, and simply destroying one will only make the other two rebellious, and the tail will not be lost. Running a pun through the spine, this is a sect of Taoism to practice exercises or something. Lao Wu obviously also realized that the two families of Buddhism and Taoism were already deeply rooted in the country, and they could only coexist peacefully with monks, Taoists and Confucians. The only more realistic way to respect and not believe in the attitude of Buddhism and Taoism is to do so.
In fact, the argument of the unity of the three religions has existed for a long time, and the far-sighted figures among the three schools also pursue this view, but such figures are only a minority after all.
Tang monks and apprentices are on the road, and it is autumn weather. One evening, when he came to the bank of the eight-hundred-mile Tongtian River, Tang Seng sighed and said with tears, "Apprentice, I said goodbye to Chang'an back then, and only said that the west is easy to go, so I know that the demons are blocked, and the mountains and rivers are far away!"
The words revealed that Tang Seng was helpless to come to learn the scriptures, and he was not ready to face the hardships and tests.
When I heard the sound of Buddhism doing things, I went along and saw a cluster of people living in Chenjiazhuang, about four or five hundred, but they all lived well. But they all live well, when I first saw it, I didn't care, and after reading the last few books, I realized that this was a small foreshadowing.
Sanzang came to the door again, and he had to go to ask for lodging by himself, so he came to the door of the house, and saw an old man walking out of it, with a number of beads hanging under his head, chanting Amitabha Buddha, and he closed the door directly, and the elder was so panicked that the elder clasped his palms together to inquire. The old man also saluted, "You monk, but you are too late, and there is nothing left." Come early, I gave up the fasting monks, ate to my heart's content, three liters of cooked rice, a section of white cloth, and ten copper coins. Why did you come at this time?" The content of the old man's words is also foreshadowing.
Sanzang is not in a hurry, only said to spend one night. The old man agreed, and let the master and apprentice in. But it was said that the three fierce monkeys broke into the hall, and there were a few monks chanting scriptures, and when they saw the three monsters coming, they stumbled and crawled, kowtowed and hit their heads, and each took care of his life, and ran away.
Sanzang saw that the three of them were laughing and laughing, so he had to scold the apprentice, he couldn't make the old man too angry. The lamps and candles were lit again, and everyone was sitting in the room, and when the door was opened, an old man came out and saluted the four of them. After the ceremony, he called a few servants to serve the monks for dinner.
It's a bit weird here, and I later realized why it was described like that. Let's take a look first, Bajie asked how many people were waiting for us to eat? The old man said, "Eight people." "Eight precepts," the old man said, "These eight people are waiting for you?" Bajie said, "The white-faced master, only one person, the hairy-faced thunder-mouthed one, only two people, the obscure face, eight people, and I have twenty people to serve Fang Yan." The old man said, "I think it's because your stomach is bigger." "Eight precepts," will also be seen. The old man said, "There are people, there are people." "Seven big and eight small, and they called out thirty or forty people.
The two old men seem to have a lot of money in their families, and they all have at least thirty servants, all of whom are not very old, and are probably child servants. At first glance, this is not surprising. As a result, there is a hidden secret, and the content is very hurtful.
Bajie ate most of his full, and after the meal, he learned that Lao Chen's family was preparing for a pre-cultivation fast. Everyone is curious, so they ask. The two old men cried and said, there is a king of inspiration here, who applies nectar to the village every year, and falls in the village every year. Although there are many graces and grievances, even though they are kind, they are hurtful. Just because they want to eat virgins and boys, they are not upright gods.
The walker said, "Presumably it's your turn?" the old man said, "This year is coming to the house." Once a year, the king offered a virgin and a virgin, pigs, sheep and livestock. He eats a meal to keep us in good weather, but if he doesn't sacrifice the race, he will come to bring disaster upon us. "It's a strange monster, I don't dare to eat more, but I'm not willing to eat less, and I want to do something blessed, as if I strictly obeyed the instructions and wanted to complete the tasks assigned by my superiors.
One of the two old men is named Chen Qing is fifty-eight years old, and the other is Chen Cheng is sixty-three years old. They were all about seven or eight years ago, and they were all children born to concubines, and they were all only seedlings. Chen Cheng gave birth to a daughter, who was only eight years old this year, and was named a scale of gold; Chen Qing had a son, who was seven years old this year, and was named Chen Guanbao.
Chen Chengxian because of the difficulties of his children, repaired bridges and roads, built temples and towers, and gave alms to monks, but when he gave birth to a daughter, he had 30 catties of gold. Thirty catties is a scale, so it is called a scale of gold. That's amazing, thirty pounds of gold. These two old men were especially rich, and later from the inside and outside of the words, there were forty or fifty hectares of paddy fields, sixty or seventy hectares of dry fields, ten grasslands, two or three hundred water cattle, thirty or twenty donkeys and horses, and countless pigs, sheep, chickens and geese. There are also stale food that cannot be eaten and clothes that cannot be worn. Spend 10,000 taels of silver or something, without distress. Why are these two old men so rich? Why are they willing to spend a lot of money on charity? At first glance, it is understandable that they want to have children.
The practitioner wondered, "If you have a private family, how can you give up your own children to sacrifice the competition? If you have 50 taels of silver, you can buy a virgin, and if you have 100 taels of silver, you can buy a virgin, and you can only get 200 taels of silver, but you can leave your own children and offspring, but isn't it good?" Regardless of the size of the transaction, there must be. Lao Wu's foreshadowing began to sharpen.
I don't want the king to be very inspired, often come to the village to walk, I don't see its shape, only smell a burst of fragrant wind, so I put all the people, spoons big bowls and small things, old and young, he remembers. As long as they have their own children, they will be used.
Now I can only say that eating the biological children in the village has a purpose, not blindness. What is the purpose? It is just that the people in the village are really afraid of it and obediently send offerings. The people here are rich, spend fifty hundred taels of silver to buy a child for it, but it's just a dime, and there is no distress at all.
But no, even tens of millions of taels, there is nowhere to buy such children who are exactly the same as those of the same year and month. The traveler wants to see Guan Bao'er, and he himself has become Chen Guanbao's play, and all places are exactly the same.
The monkey proposed to go to the competition for the child, Chen Qing was happy, and was willing to send 1,500 taels of silver to make a plate with Master Tang and go to the west. Chen Cheng just leaned on the screen door and cried bitterly, and the walker knew that he couldn't bear his daughter, so he helped to turn Bajie into a scale of gold. The two old men used two red lacquer pill plates, let the two fake children sit on the plates, put them on the table, and carried a table to the temple.
The old man also said, "During the perennial festival, I have the courage to go behind the temple or under the offering table, and I see him eating first the virgin and then the virgin. "Eight precepts, "Creation, creation!" Suddenly, I heard the noise of gongs and drums outside, and the lights were shining, and everyone in Tongzhuang opened the front door and shouted, "Carry out the boys and girls!"
Seeing this, it is very suspicious. How could the monster tolerate someone peeping? The people in the village outside were very popular, and their tone was domineering, and they were very happy. Why? I am sure that some people in this village are accomplices or accomplices with the monsters!
The believers of Chenjiazhuang and others carried the pigs, sheep and livestock with the walkers and the eight precepts, and carried them to the temple of inspiration. This detailed description further confirms that what is said above is true.
Bajie and the walker finally waited for the monster, and the monkey laughed, and the demon was puzzled in his heart, something was wrong, this boy was bold and spoke smartly. He didn't dare to come to get it, and asked, "What is the name of the boy and woman?" The walker smiled, "The boy Chen Guanbao, the virgin weighs gold." The monster said, "This sacrifice is the old rule of the previous year, and now it is offered to me, and you should be eaten." The walker said, "Don't dare to resist, please feel free to use it." When the monster heard this, he didn't dare to make a move, so he stopped the door and shouted, "Don't talk back! I eat virgins first all year round, but this year I will eat virgins first!"
This sacrificial race is the old rule of the previous year, what does it mean? Silly monsters, how the leader decides, how to implement it. Later, we learned that this king of inspiration was a goldfish in the Guanyin Pond. Moreover, we can see that this goldfish is a guy who has some martial arts, but his brain is not good. I don't have any eyes at all, I am taught by others, what should you do.
So let's analyze, it was Guanyin who asked it to eat people according to the instructions, and there was nothing mentioned on the side, and it couldn't say too much, this monster was too stupid, in case it was troublesome to say that it leaked its mouth; Banyi Mandarin Po was sent by Guanyin to monitor the goldfish, and made suggestions on how to catch Tang Seng, and couldn't and didn't dare to say that it could catch Tang Seng or not, but Mandarin Po finally gave Guanyin an end to extinguish her mouth; As for some villains in Chenjiazhuang, regardless of whether they had actual contact with the monsters, they must have helped the goldfish intentionally or unintentionally, in order to achieve their own purpose of collecting benefits. This is not surprising, we once studied Simon Leopard's article exposing the river god hoax, and we will understand. Lao Wu just has a mapping, there are too many such scum, which one it is, it doesn't matter anymore, and it has little to do with the overall situation.
Bajie panicked, jumped down, showed his true appearance, nailed palladium, and split his hand, the monster retracted his hand and walked forward, leaving two fish scales the size of an ice tray.
The monster didn't bring a weapon because he came to the meeting, so he asked in the clouds empty-handed, "You are the monk of that party, you have deceived people here, ruined my incense, and ruined my reputation!"
The walker said, "I don't know this thing. We are the apprentices of the holy monk Sanzang of the Tang Dynasty in the eastern part of the country, and the disciples of the Qin sent to the west to learn the scriptures. You came here as soon as possible, and you have been the king here for a few years, and how many men and women have you eaten?" The monster left when he heard the words, and didn't dare to say it further, although this monster was stupid, he also knew that if he said that it was Guanyin who let him, he would die. Turned into a gust of wind and burrowed into the river of Tongtian. This monster doesn't know Tang Seng Sun Wukong and them, just heard that Tang Seng meat can live forever, and I don't know anything else, let alone the monkey's ability, but it's not that I'm afraid of monkeys and pigs, it's that I didn't bring weapons, and I was slightly injured by the cold.
The walker Bajie didn't chase anymore, went back to the temple, and moved the pig and sheep to the Chen family with the tabletop, so he couldn't be cheap, and he went back to talk to the master and the two old men.
The monster returned to the water and sat in the palace, silent. The big and small clans in the water asked, "The king enjoys the sacrifice every year, and he comes back to rejoice, why are you troubled today?" After eating the boys and girls, it was difficult to hide their smiles for a long time, this must be a stupid monster with an incomplete soul.
The strange said, "After enjoying it all the year round, I still bring some surplus things with you to use, and even I have not eaten it today." The creation is low, and it hits an opponent and almost hurts his life. I was ruined by him, broke the incense, and wanted to arrest Tang Seng, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to. "It's really okay to be stupid, even a little honest.
One of the mandarin women in the aquarium came up with an idea, "There are three watches tonight, and the king can freeze all the rivers in Tongtian." With us and other good changemakers, they changed into several human forms, at the intersection, carrying umbrellas in backpacks, carrying carts, and walking on the ice without stopping. The Tang monk was very anxious to learn the scriptures, and when he saw such a person, he resolutely stepped on the ice and crossed. The king sat firmly in the middle of the river, and when his footsteps sounded, the ice burst and even his disciples fell into the water together, and they could be caught with a drum!"
It's really snowing, two feet thick. Tang Seng watched the snow scene and distracted himself, and heard that the Tongtian River froze eight hundred miles like a mirror, and there were people walking miles at the intersection, so he wanted to see it. The next day, Tang Seng worshiped the great god Bi, and then taught Wujing to carry the horse and cross the river while the ice was crossed. Chen Lao planned to cross the river by boat after the ice melted in a few days.
Sha Seng said, "It's not a word to just do it, and it's not a word to live again." Words have no basis, and hearing is better than seeing. I carried my horse and asked my father to take a look. "Sha Seng is actually very good at filming Tang Seng's sycophants, but it's a pity that his performance is a little late now, and the feeling of meeting for the first time is quite critical.
Sanzang and his group arrived at the river, and there were people walking on the road. The monkey didn't pay attention to it, and he didn't know if it was a monster. Sanzang asked, "Donor, where are those people going on the ice?" Chen Lao said, "On the other side of the river is the Xiliang Women's Country." This person is all in business. What is worth 100,000 dollars here is worth 10,000 dollars over there, and what is 100 dollars there is worth 10,000 dollars here. The profit is more important than the capital, so people go away regardless of life and death. There are five or seven people in a boat, or a dozen people in a boat, floating across the ocean. Seeing that the river is frozen now, he sacrificed his life and walked. ”
Lao Chen's words revealed that after crossing the river, it was the daughter country, and the private business exchanges between the two countries were very strange, and nearly a hundred times the gross profit, no, the people who did that business were not afraid of death. It's not clear what kind of business it is. It wasn't until the fifty-third chapter of the book that I understood most of it.
When Lao Wu expresses some meanings in the book, most of them are divided into several parts, which are hidden in different places in the book, which require us to read in detail, analyze, and even make bold guesses to understand the same.
The Tongtian River is 800 miles wide, and the water is even deeper, if you want to know what happened to that monster, please listen to the next nonsense.